OTISFIELD — Wedding plans are on hold while the Planning Board continues its deliberations next month into the application of a Gore Road resident to turn part of the historic 1840 Linnell Farm into a wedding barn. Planning Board Chairman Karen Turino said the board will continue its deliberation of the plan’s adherence to the ordinance’s […]
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Fire Chief recommends wedding barn sprinkler
OTISFIELD — Fire Chief Kyle Jordan has determined there is adequate fire protection services at the proposed wedding barn on Gore Road as long as several issues are addressed, including installation of a sprinkler system in the reception hall within the barn. In a letter submitted to the Otisfield Planning Board on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Jordan […]
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Left at the altar: Wedding barn application withdrawn
NORWAY — The owner of a proposed wedding barn on Morse Road has withdrawn his application, according to a town official. Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman said Tuesday that the public hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, to discuss the proposal has been canceled. Peter Ulrickson filed an application with the Planning Board last fall to approve […]
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Wedding barn planned for Otisfield
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Planning Board is considering a site plan application that may allow an historic farm on Gore Road to become the site of the Oxford Hills latest “wedding barn.” The proposed wedding barn is located in the 1840 Linnell Farm at 439 Gore Road that was recently purchased, along with 65 acres of […]
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Planning board reschedules meeting on Norway wedding barn
NORWAY — Plans to open a wedding barn on Morse Road were delayed again when it was discovered that two abutters had not been legally notified. Planning Board Chairman Dennis Gray told a large group of residents at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 14, that abutters were not notified as required by the Site Plan Review […]
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Planners consider another wedding barn
NORWAY — North Norway may be host to two wedding venues if the Planning Board approves a plan next month to allow the conversion of an historic barn. The board will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Town Office, where they are expected to take up a proposal again to operate a wedding […]
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Norway board: Road dispute civil matter
NORWAY – Town Manager David Holt told two Hobbs Pond Lane property owners Thursday night that selectmen are concerned about the environmental health of Hobbs Pond, but will not get involved in a dispute between subdivision property owners. Hobbs Pond Lane resident Steve Siskowitz and fellow property owner Paul Eirman asked the town to take […]
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Decision expected soon on Norway wedding barn
NORWAY — A decision is expected Thursday by the Planning Board on the Granite Ridge Estate application for a rural lodge and luxury barn at 65 Delano Drive. The facility will host wedding parties and other events. In early July, about 60 residents appeared at a Planning Board meeting to hear the proposal by Portland-based […]
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Center Minot Grange No. 266 to disband
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday learned that the Center Minot Grange No. 266 is disbanding and that Grange members have voted to donate funds remaining in its accounts to the Arthur Harris Scholarship fund. Selectman Eda Tripp, who is a member of the Center Minot Grange, told the board that the Grange agreed that Arthur […]